Which cheap acoustic would you buy?

Been wanting a small acoustic with a pickup to play. Anyone have experience with either of these?
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No contest. The Tak.

I'm going to get this one for Christmas http://www.amazon.com/Epiphone-DR-100-Acoustic-Guitar-Natural/dp/B0002D02IU/ref=sr_1_12?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1318971501&sr=1-12 might go with this though http://www.tdpri.com/forum/acoustic-heaven/303570-cheap-acoustic-would-you-buy.html been wanting a 12 string again

this is the other I'm thinking of getting http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/epiphone-dr-212-12-string-acoustic-guitar/518377000010829?src=3WFRWXX&ZYXSEM=0&CAWELAID=26044310

Anything by Blueridge!

Anything by Blueridge!

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I see these Epiphone DR-500Rs going for about $450. Love the sound...

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Seagull

Yes--might not fit your definition of cheap but the Seagulls are amazing, made in Canada guitars for the price.

Can't go wrong with this! (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/yamaha-fg730s-solid-top-acoustic-guitar)

Best Value Ever for a 'sub $300' guitar.

Yamaha FX325 - $189

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The Yamaha FX325 dreadnought acoustic-electric guitar is finely crafted by Yamaha. This acoustic-electric guitar provides great sound and playing ease. It is ideal for a beginning player, who wants a quality instrument, for an affordable price. It has a spruce top, meranti back and sides, and a nato neck. It has a built in, 1-way piezo acoustic pickup. The fingerboard is rosewood, as well as the bridge, and has a tortoise shell pickguard.
Features

Body Style: Dreadnought
Top: Spruce
Back: Meranti
Sides: Meranti
Neck: Nato
Scale Length: 632mm (25")
No. of frets: 20
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Nut width: 43mm (1 11/16")
Bridge: Rosewood
Pickguard: Tortoise shell
Tuners: Die-cast, chrome
Electronics: 1-way piezo, System53

I have one of those Recording King ROS-06's and I love it. I've tried the Takamine New Yorker as well and thought it was a bit bland, although I love the looks of it.

The ROS-06 has a pretty wide nut and string spacing so it might take some getting used to. It has a ton of volume and sounds good to my ears. The only thing that isn't great about it is the tuners. I replaced mine with some Grover Sta-Tites for about $40. After a good pro setup it just sings.

You can pick them up from instrument alley or amazon a bit cheaper than MF.

I would highly recommend it as a good sub $350 guitar.

Anything by Godin

i have a washburn acoustic (WD-10S CE) bought for 300€ and it's just a frigging awesome and inexpensive guitar with a great fishman pickup

Godin/Seagull

BTW....to the op, are those guitars you posted nylon string? Is that what you want?

guitarfetish.com has some solid tops < $200

Anything by Blueridge!

I have a johnson, as far as I can tell they are the same guitars as blueridge made in same factory, same style. Just the johnson company only comissioned one or two models, while the Blueridge company got lots and lots of different guitars with extra fancy inlay work produced.

I have a Fender DG8S less than $200 solid spruce top. Nice for the money. 2 1/2 years and still liking it.

I am getting a Epiphone EL00,,under $300,great for blues.Cant wait till it gets here.

As I mentioned in another thread I really like the Fender Tim Armstrong. If you can get past the wacky graphics it is a great small guitar with a decent pu for short $.
Keep in mind that it is a easy task for a good luthier to install the pu of your choice in the guitar of your choice. If you are good with tools it's no big deal to do a system with no on board controls yourself. I have done a few and along as you have a tapered reamer for the end pin jack it is fairly straightforward.

I have one of those Recording King ROS-06's and I love it. I've tried the Takamine New Yorker as well and thought it was a bit bland, although I love the looks of it.

The ROS-06 has a pretty wide nut and string spacing so it might take some getting used to. It has a ton of volume and sounds good to my ears. The only thing that isn't great about it is the tuners. I replaced mine with some Grover Sta-Tites for about $40. After a good pro setup it just sings.

You can pick them up from instrument alley or amazon a bit cheaper than MF.

I would highly recommend it as a good sub $350 guitar.

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Staying with the poster's original question,
the Recording King ROS-06

Seagull S-6... cedar or spruce top.. They're all solid tops. Their electric acoustics are nice, too.

All these guys are probably way more knowledgeable than me but I'm going out on a limb and suggest a Samick Greg Bennett series. Samick makes a lot of other brand guitars anyway and there is a good chance you'll end up with a Samick with another name on it. I have one and it plays good and sounds good. Cost less than three hundred. Couldn't hurt to try one.